"Not Interested Anymore": Metroman E Sreedharan Quits Active Politics

E Sreedharan was fielded by BJP as the CM candidate, but the party failed to win even one seat in the assembly elections.

90-year-old E. Sreedharan, popularly known as "Metroman", has said that he is no longer interested in active politics. This comes months after he had contested in Kerala's assembly elections from the Palakkad constituency on a BJP ticket but lost. The party failed to win even one seat in the state. 

"I won't be in active politics. That time has passed. I haven't given up (politics), but am no longer interested. I am at an advanced age of 90," he told the media. He added that he was never a politician and had joined politics as a bureaucrat. "I am serving people through three trusts, even beyond politics", he said.

He admitted that he was "slightly disappointed" after his electoral defeat. "But I have no disappointment now when I look back. Because as the only MLA I could not have done anything. Without power in the state, one MLA cannot do anything", Mr Sreedharan said. He lost to Congress' sitting MLA Shafi Parambil from the Palakkad constituency.